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Andrew George

Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 11,609 votes. — 224th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edmi.parliament.uk)

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Andrew George voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (since 20 Nov 2007)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, International Development, Treasury, Communities and Local Government

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): GM Crops, Bovine TB, Fisheries, Iraq, Rural Payments Agency

(based on written questions asked by Andrew George and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Health and Safety (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Marine Safety Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Hunting Bill Committee (24 out of n/a)
• Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Public Bill Committee: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]: Clause 16 (2 Jul 2009)

“The Minister describing my amendment as “illogical” does not help me draw the conclusion to withdraw it.”

Public Bill Committee: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]: Clause 16 (2 Jul 2009)

“That would be true if the amendment were genuinely illogical, because the two bodies that it mentions were in the list. Paragraph (1)(c) refers to “any inshore fisheries and conservation authority”, and paragraph (1)(d) refers to “any local fisheries committee”. Therefore the list covers the sea fisheries committees and the harbour authorities, the boards of which may or...”

Public Bill Committee: Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]: Clause 16 (2 Jul 2009)

“I disagree with the Minister. As I understand it, we are talking about the capacity to work with local authorities, not the question of whether the sole purpose is to delegate functions to them. In any case, where it is appropriate for local authorities to take on some functions or to work with the MMO in the delivery of its plan and functions, having that capacity in the Bill would allow the...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 46 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 146 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 68% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 82 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Andrew George speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 392 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members' Interests

Register last updated: 24 Jun 2009. More about the Register

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Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,446 (73rd). Rail £7,858 (92nd). Air £505 (120th). Misc £243 (113th). Other: European £58 (139th).

^** Car £7,160 (27th). 3rd party £29 (48th). Rail £7,755 (73rd). Air £629 (137th). Other £497 (38th).